Category: Florida News
Mar 23, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Budget Squeeze May Axe All Florida Insurance Fraud Prosecutors Anti-fraud groups are slamming a budget-cutting scenario put out by Florida Department of Financial Services that would eliminate all seven …
Mar 23, 2009
Orlando Business Journal–March 23, 2009 Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty threw support behind efforts to stop insurance companies from using credit scores in setting rates for their customers. McCarty said he applauds a National Association of Insurance Commissioners decision to …
Mar 23, 2009
Most South Florida homeowners are staying with State Farm for now, because they’re finding higher prices or less coverage as they shop around. By Julie Patel South Florida Sun-Sentinel–March 20, 2009 State Farm customers were expected to make a mad …
Mar 23, 2009
South Florida Business Journal–March 23, 2009 by Paul Brinkmann Chinese drywall samples give off sulfur gases and odor when exposed to extreme heat and moisture, according to a 60-page preliminary report released Monday by the Florida Department of Health. The …
Mar 23, 2009
St. Petersburg Times–March 19, 2009 By John Frank, Times Staff Writer BROOKSVILLE – A Tampa insurance adjuster convicted by a jury in February for solicitation to commit insurance fraud and forging a check related to a sinkhole claim received 120 …
Mar 23, 2009
Insurance-Related Legislative Committee Meetings: Week of March 23-27 Tuesday, March 24 Florida House of Representatives Insurance, Business and Financial Affairs Policy Committee The Florida House of Representatives Insurance, Business and Financial Affairs Policy Committee will meet …
Mar 23, 2009
The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Consumer Services (“DCS”) has issued Notices of Proposed Rule regarding the Rules listed below. If requested within 21 days of the date of these Notices (March 20), hearings will be held at …
Mar 20, 2009
By MICHAEL PELTIER TALLAHASSEE, March 19, 2009 — Hospitals and nursing homes would take the biggest hit under a list of options unveiled Thursday by Agency for Health Care Administration officials who outlined $338 million in general revenue cuts as …
Mar 20, 2009
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, the Board of Employee Leasing Companies (“Board”) met to consider employee leasing company applications, change of ownership applications and controlling person relinquishments. The following employee leasing company and controlling persons applications were granted continuances and …
Mar 20, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: OIR Approves $2.5 Billion Citizens HRA Bond Issue The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issued an Order on Friday approving the issuance of High-Risk Account Senior Secured Bonds, Series …